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Poland government creates geothermal development roadmap

The Republic of Poland has come up with a roadmap for geothermal development that focuses on research, education, promotion, and execution of pilot installations.

The Ministry of Climate and Environment of the Republic of Poland has developed the “Multiannual Program for the Development of the Use of Geothermal Resources.” This is basically a roadmap for the development of geothermal energy in the country until 2040, with a perspective until 2050. The document can be viewed here.

The document contains actions plans to minimize investment risk, including proposed legislative changes, for the development of shallow, low, medium, and high-temperature geothermal energy. Other potential uses of geothermal, such as energy storage, are also considered.

The roadmap is founded on three basic pillars – research, execution and implementation of pilot installations, and education and promotion. The following activities were mentioned in the road map:

The Ministry estimates that implementing the program until 2050 will cost over PLN 49 billion (approx. USD 11 billion). In a report we posted last week, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management announced funding of PLN 480 million for the “Providing access to thermal waters in Poland” that will subsidize Polish municipalities for geothermal development.

Source: Republic of Poland

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